republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/19992000/ab-1670.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "California Civil Rights Amendments of 1999."
description: "California Civil Rights Amendments of 1999."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1670"
citation: "California AB 1670 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["California Civil Rights Amendments of 1999."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Judiciary"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 26
vote_count: 7
first_action: "1999-03-15"
last_action: "1999-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/265dcc73-eccb-4456-94e3-1b7c3367a0d9"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1670"
source_hash: "ade7ea684aab48fd39074f483553b19c0ab093f657ee2f1c4fbd4e30b53af048"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 1670 (19992000) — California Civil Rights Amendments of 1999.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **03/15/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1670&version=19990AB167099INT)
2. **05/06/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1670&version=19990AB167098AMD)
3. **06/01/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1670&version=19990AB167097AMD)
4. **08/25/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1670&version=19990AB167096AMD)
5. **08/26/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1670&version=19990AB167095AMD)
6. **09/03/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1670&version=19990AB167094AMD)
7. **10/10/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1670&version=19990AB167092CHP)
8. **AB1670** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1670)
9. **09/09/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1670&version=19990AB167093ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1670 Committee on Jud. (Kuehl) By Sher — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1670 JUD. THIRD READING BY KUEHL — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1670 JUD. CONCURRENCE BY KUEHL — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Judiciary — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **1999-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 591, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-10-02** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-27** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **1999-09-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 45. Noes 30. Page 4266.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-09-08** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **1999-09-08** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 15. Page 3046.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-09-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-09-03** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **1999-09-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 5.). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-08-25** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-08-24** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 2.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-14** Joint Rule 61 (a) suspended.
- **1999-07-08** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **1999-06-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **1999-06-07** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-06-03** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 41. Noes 31. Page 2417.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-06-01** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **1999-05-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 7.) (May 26). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-12** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (May 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-05-10** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **1999-05-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-27** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **1999-04-06** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-16** From printer. May be heard in committee April 15.
- **1999-03-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/265dcc73-eccb-4456-94e3-1b7c3367a0d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).